Songs Without Words by Ann Packer

Songs Without Words by Ann Packer

NATIONAL BESTSELLER · An "engrossing, forgiving" (People) journey into a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point by one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women.

"Packer's voice [has] extraordinary authority. . . . Compassionate, rich in solace." --The New York Times Book Review

Liz and Sarabeth were girlhood neighbors in the suburbs of Northern California, brought as close as sisters by the suicide of Sarabeth's mother. In the decades that followed, their relationship remained a source of continuity and strength. But when Liz's adolescent daughter enters dangerous waters, the women's friendship takes a devastating turn, forcing Liz and Sarabeth to question their most deeply held beliefs about their connection. From the bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier, Songs Without Words is the gripping story of a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point.

Packer, Ann: - Ann Packer is the acclaimed author of two collections of short fiction, Swim Back to Me and Mendocino and Other Stories, and two bestselling novels, Songs Without Words and The Dive from Clausen's Pier, which received the Kate Chopin Literary Award, among many other prizes and honors. Her short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and in the O. Henry Prize Stories anthologies, and her novels have been published around the world. She lives in San Carlos, California.

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ISBN 13	9780375727177
ISBN 10	0375727175
Title	Songs Without Words
Author	Ann Packer
Series	Vintage Contemporaries
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2008-07-29
Number of pages	384
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